Maesa
(from maas, the Arabic name of one of the species). SYN. Boeobotrys. ORD. Myrsineae. A genus of about thirty-five species of stove evergreen shrubs, natives of the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Old World. Flowers white, small; racemes usually axillary, simple or branched, many-flowered; pedicels bracteate at base. Leaves entire, dentate or serrate, often full of pellucid dots. Probably the species here described is the only one now in cultivation. For culture, &c., see Ardisia. M. indica (Indian). fl. numerous, in axillary and terminal racemes. November. l. from ovate to lanceolate, coarsely serrated, 3in. to 6in. long. h. 5ft. to 6ft. India, 1817. (B. M. 2052, under name of Boeobotrys indica.)